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THE OARDEMNG WORLD 
August 26, 1905. 
We do not quite understand your question if 
you mean that flowering plants can be prepared 
now for blooming presently. This really means 
that you should have been preparing the plants 
for autumn and winter flowering away back early 
in sprint The other supposition is that you in¬ 
tend to :buv plants already in an advanced state 
for flowering indoors. Neither do you state 
whether the plants are to be bloomed out ot doors 
or under glass. If you mean that you intend 
planting hardy subjects out of doors for bloom- 
in^ in autumn, you are scarcely likely to manage 
this successfully, as plants are not grown m that 
way. There is a whole host of hardy plants that 
will bloom during September October, and 
November, but they must have been planted m 
spring. On the other hand, if you intend to buy 
Chrysanthemum plants from nurserymen, we 
would suggest that you get some of_ the earliest 
flowerincr varieties, such as Precoeite (vello-w), 
Piercv’s"Seedling and G. Grunnerwald (both rosy- 
pinkh Mme. Marie Masse (light mauve), Mme. 
Desoranges (white), Ralph Curtis (creamy-white), 
Carrie '(deep yellow), Crimson Mane Masse, 
George Wermig (light yellow), Harvest Home 
(bronzy-red), Flora- (golden yellow), and others of 
that class. If you get plants of any or all of 
these ready prepared by the nurserymen, they 
may be established in the open air or under glass 
as Vou intend. For a later display you mig 1 
plant Autumn Sun (reddish-yellow), Crimson 
Queen (crimson), Dorothy Humphrey (amaranth), 
Ettie Mitchell (orange-bronze), James Salter 
(pink), Da Yierge (white), Miss Martin (white), 
Mrs Lonsdale (old gold), Mytcliett Beauty 
(golden yellow), Ryecroft Beauty (soft pink), Rye- 
croft Glorv (golden yellow), Ryecroft Scarlet 
(dark terracotta), and Yellow Boy, a very dwarf 
variety. If these early and second early-flowering 
Chrysanthemums are not exactly what you want, 
be <rood enough to give us some more definite in¬ 
structions, and we shall be pleased to help you. 
If procured from a nurseryman and planted m the 
open ground, they must he well watered imme¬ 
diately, and, if they were not grown in pots, shad¬ 
ing would he necessary for some davs until they 
become re-established. You should, however, 
procure them in pots. 
Greengage Trees. 
I have three Greengage trees in my garden and 
during the two years I have lived here they have 
borne no fruit.' They are sheltered from cold 
winds, hut the soil is very heavy and damp. Can 
vou advise me how to get them to hear next year . 
I may add they are not dead. (C. H. Mttkton.) 
We presume the roots have got_down into the 
heavy and damp soil, and that being; the case it 
would be necessary to root-pruue the trees and 
bring them more near the surface. If the trees 
are very old they should not be wholly root- 
pruned in any one year, but have one side, or 
rather a half,' of the' roots pruned this year and 
the rest done next year. Those first treated 
would of course, in the meantime make fibrous 
roots and be better prepared to undergo the ordeal 
of lifting. We could not advise you to. get them 
to bear next year, because, if they are in the had 
condition which you indicate, there is no .time to 
brin»- about such alteration as would improve 
them. During the operation of root-pruning they 
would have time to partly recover, but even then 
no one could guarantee to get them to fruit next 
year. It is really a process of growth under care¬ 
ful treatment or management to get them hack 
into good order. Then, when the root-pruning 
is completed, say about the end of September nex ^ 
year, the trees could be entirely lifted out. o 
the ground and some finer soil applied to the site, 
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including good loam, sand, and lime. The cold, 
damp soil is no doubt deficient in lime. At the 
same time as the roots are being treated the » 
branches must also be pruned and regulated. In 
all probability the trees have been neglected, and 
the branches may be crowded, thereby excluding 
light and air from exercising their proper influence 
upon the young wood. If the shoots are much 
crowded they cannot get proper exposure to light 
and air. which enables them to ripen their wood 
and plump up their flower buds. If such a thin¬ 
ning is necessary, it may be done at once, while 
the trees are still in leaf, as you can then see to 
what extent they are crowded and what amount 
of thinning is necessary to properly expose the 
leaves and wood to light and air. 
Montbretias Dying Off. 
I should be mjich obliged if you could tell me 
the cause of the enclosed Montbretia dying off. 
The bulbs were planted in February in good, 
fairly light ’soil, which had been enriched with 
well-rotted stable manure, They grew very well 
till about a month ago, when about half of them 
went brown as the specimens enclosed. They have 
been kept watered. I have noticed several lots 
of fresh planted ones in the neighbourhood which 
have gone in the same way, but established clumps 
do not seem affected. (W. Warren.) 
We presume you have been careful enough to 
water them, but in very hot weather like that 
which prevailed a month ago it would be almost 
impossible to supply them with water that would 
keep them in that cool condition which is neces¬ 
sary for plants of this class, but especially when 
so recently planted. You describe your soil as 
fairly light, and we presume it was also inclined 
to be dry, so that the plants would suffer in a 
very short time, owing to such extremely hot 
weather. Montbretias in the warm and sunny 
south succeed best when planted in a slightly 
shaded position in soil that remains naturally 
damp on account of its proximity either to a 
pond or to th© banks of a stream. Unless the 
soil is naturally rich in vegetable mould, a very 
large proportion of leaf mould should be used in 
the soil. If, however, you can select a position 
nearly on a level with water and slightly shady 
you will find it an easy matter to keep Montbre¬ 
tias healthy and happy. It is the dry atmo¬ 
sphere that tells against them during the hot and 
arid days of July. In such a time it is almost 
impossible to supply moisture by artificial means 
that would have the same effect as an atmo¬ 
sphere kept moist by rain and cloudy weather. 
We think the bulbs will be perfectly good for 
next year, but must be allowed to remain in the 
soil until they, are thoroughly ripened. We 
should prefer, however, to leave them in the soil 
all the winter, unless you select a fresh position 
to plant them next spring. 
Names of Plants. 
(R. J. G. Read) Stapelia Curtisii, sometimes - 
named S. variegata. The sketch you made repre¬ 
sented the stems, not-leaves.—(F. C.) 1, Helenium 
autumnale pumilum; 2, Helenium autumnale 
striatum ; 3. Phlox paniculata. var. ; 4, Yeronica 
virginica japonica; 5, Chrysanthemum latifo- 
lium; 6, Sedum spectahile.—(H. W T . D.) 1, 
Nephrolepis davallioides furcans ; 2, Nephrolepis 
corda-ta ; 3, Asplenium lucidum ; 4, Nephrodium 
molle corymbiferum; 5, Lastrea aristat > ; 6, 
Pteris longifolia.—(A. S. W.) 1, Spiraea Doug- 
lasii ; 2, Escallonia macrantha: 3, Berteris Dar- 
winii ; 4. Cotoneaster microphvPa; 5, Cotoneaster 
horizontalis.— (A. C.) 1, Cattleya Loddigesii; 2, 
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Oneidium sphacelatum; 3, Cypripedium barba- 
tum; 4, Cypripedium venustum; 5, Sibthorpia 
peregrina.—(H. Williams) 1, Lychnis fulgens; 2, 
Alypsum maritimum variegatum ; 3, Sedum sar- 
mentosum carneum ; 4, Saxifraga Andrewsi; 5, 
Sedum stoloniferum ; 6, Sedum rupestre.—(C. (J.) 
1. Monarda fistulo-sa; 2, Monarda didvma; 3, 
Phvsostegia imhricata ; 4, Convolvulus sepium; 
5, Convolvulus althaeoides ; 6, Yerbena venosa. 
Name of Fruit. 
(Brumagham) Apple Beauty of Bath, 
Trade Catalogues Received. 
Webb and Sons, Wordsley, Stourbridge.— 
Webbs’ Bulb Catalogue. 
David W. Thomson, 113, George Street, Edin¬ 
burgh.—Bulb List. 
Dickson, Brown and Tait, 43 and 45, Corpora¬ 
tion Street, Manchester.—Autumn Catalogue of 
Flowering Bulbs. 
Contents of this Number. 
CONTENTS OF THIS WEEK. 
Amateur’s letter to amateurs 
Apples unhealthy 
Bear Place 
China Asters in pots ... 
Corydalis lutea 
Enquire Within ... 
Epidendrum stamfordianum 
Eremurus Bungei 
Eryngium oliverianum ... 
Ferns, the propagation of 
Flower garden, the 
Freesias ... 
Fruit garden 
Gardens, our northern ... 
Grass of Parnassus, the 
Herbaceous border, hardy 
Heuchera Rosamunde 
Hossack, Mr. Alfred 
Hybridising 
Hydrangea hortensis 
Incarvillea compacta 
Kitchen garden, the 
Lachenalia tricolor 
Liatris spicata ... 
Lilium Henryi ... 
Lilium. tigrinum 
Lythrum virgatum 
Monarda didyma 
Morus nigra 
Orchids for amateurs 
Phlox pilosa 
Plants, some new garden 
Roses, mildew on 
Ruclbeckia speciosa 
Salvia splendens 
Society doings ... 
Spiraeas, two fine 
Stove and greenhouse 
Trade notice 
Trees and shrubs, hardy 
Yucca recurvifolia 
ILLUSTRATIONS. 
Epidendrum stamfordianum 
Eremurus Bungei 
Eryngium oliverianum 
Heuchera Rosamunde... 
Hossack, Mr. Alfred ... 
Lilium Henryi . 
Lilium tigrinum splendens 
Morus nigra 
Phlox pilosa . 
Yucca recurvifolia 
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